is your heart a sponge or a fist?

its nice to hear that you have basically the same experience of vandermeer. every time i read his books im like "this prose sucks and is weirdly paced and i dont like it" but the concept is soooo good and then there's at least one or two lines that arrive Very Effectively, maybe in part bc of how unspecial the rest of the writing feels.... like no matter what i'll always end up drawn in, somehow he just has good ideas that are enough to overcome everything else and I respect that wonky skilltree point allocation